Containers Wash Up on New Zealand Beach

By

Lucy Craymer

January 9, 2012

WELLINGTON—Shipping containers from a distressed cargo vessel stranded off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island have started washing up on one of the country's most popular beaches at the peak of the tourism season.

The MV Rena cargo vessel struck the Astrolabe Reef on Oct. 5 on its way to Tauranga harbor and has remained lodged there ever since, with a crack in the hull finally giving way over the weekend and the ship...